Academic References

There have been large numbers of academic publications on the Ecological Footprint over the last twenty years. This page provides a partial list of academic articles, reports and working papers on the Ecological Footprint. We continue to collect references for this page. Please contact us to add references and articles to this page.

Wackernagel, M., Monfreda, C., Erb, K.-H., Haberl, H., Schulz, N.B., 2004. Ecological footprint time series of Austria, the Philippines, and South Korea for 1961-1999: comparing the conventional approach to an ‘actual land area’ approach. Land use policy, 21, 261-269.

DG Environment (Directorate General of the Environment, European Commission) 2007. Potential of the Ecological Footprint for monitoring environmental impact from natural resources use – Analyse the potential of the Ecological Footprint and related assessment tools for use in the EU’s Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources. Ongoing assessment.

Chambers, G. (Editor), 2001. Ecological Footprinting: A Technical Report to the STOA Panel. Published by European Parliament, Directorate General for Research, Directorate A, The SOTA Programme.

Lewan, L. and Simmons, C. 2001. The use of Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Analyses as Sustainability Indicators for Sub-national Geographical Areas: a Recommended way Forward. Final Report. European Common Indicators Project EUROCITIES/Ambiente Italia.

Wackernagel, M., Onisto, L., Linares, A.C., Falfan, I.S.L., Garcia, J.M., Guerrero, A.I.S., Guerrero, M.G.S., 1997. Ecological Footprint of nation: how much nature do they use? How much nature do they have? International Council for Local Environment Initiatives, Toronto, Commissioned by the Earth Council for the RIO +5 forum.